Acer Debuts 6" LumiRead E-Book Reader With ISBN Scanner
Many could argue that the last thing the world needs is another e-book reader, but we aren't yet in that camp. Amazon's Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook could use the competition, and Acer is a solid name in the industry with what appears to be a solid idea of how they plan to change it up (with "it" being the e-reader market). The company has recently announced their 6" LumiRead, which is half-typical e-reader, and half-all new. The entire devices measures only a few millimeters thick, and it's outfitted
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LiveWire Mobile To Launch DRM-Free Music Service
LiveWire Mobile is introducing a new DRM-free mobile music service for wireless carriers and online service operators. The company plans to launch the service with two North American operators later this year. With the service, customers will be able to purchase DRM-free music directly from their handsets. LiveWire Mobile Offers New DRM-Free Music Service - To Launch at Two North American Carriers in 2010 Robust catalog featuring DRM-free content from major music labels added to LiveWire Mobile's music download
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Bigfoot Networks And PowerColor Create GPU/NIC Combo Card
To date, Bigfoot Networks has remained mostly a niche company. Only hardcore gamers know about them, and even fewer are willing to pay north of $100 for a high-end NIC card. Bigfoot Networks has had a relatively simple product line over the years: a high-end network card here, and a revamped high-end network card there. You get the drift, we're sure. But now the company is trying to break out in a big way, with a new partnership shedding light on how the company may eventually find themselves involved in
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Major WebOS Engineer Heads To Google's Android Team
And just like that, the shakeup at Palm continues. A few days before HP eventually came public with their intentions to acquire the struggling cell phone maker, Michael Abbott, SVP of software and services, decided to bolt for the door. Now, another huge pillar at Palm has decided that the new HP-Palm is no place for him. Matias Duarte is heading for the exits at Palm (or what's left of Palm), but even though it's probably a name you're unfamiliar with, the ramifications could be significant. Mr. Duarte was
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OLPC XO Tablet Takes Shape: Future Of Education, On A Slate
One Laptop Per Child is a wonderful organization. Despite their failed attempts to provide thousands of laptops to students around the globe for under $100 (the machines ended up being slightly more expensive than they had hoped), that has not prevented the company from shipping mini notebooks to classrooms all around the world, helping children learn in a way that they otherwise would not if it hadn't been for OLPC's determination. The green XO laptop is now a symbol of hope and excitement, and we're thrilled
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Mozilla Attempts To Sidesteps iPhone Ban On Rival Browsers
In an effort to get around Apple's ban on rival browsers for its iPhone, Mozilla plans to offer a Firefox application that will give users access to their browser bookmarks and history. The app will also let users open tabs from their most recent Firefox sessions. The Firefox Home app is a spin-off of the bookmark and tab synchronization technology Mozilla currently offers as an add-on for the Firefox desktop browser. Mozilla will submit the free application to the App Store within the next three weeks. Sadly,
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MeeGo v1.0 Now Available To Download For N900 And Netbooks
Remember MeeGo? That's the operating system that was formed when Intel and Nokia decided it best to merge their respective Moblin and Maemo efforts into one system designed for mobile devices, MIDs, UMPCs, slates, and even netbooks. Not much has been said about the software since it was initially launched, but now consumers are getting the first good look at what exactly this OS will bring. The MeeGo 1.0 release is currently only for Nokia's N900 handheld computer and for Intel Atom-based netbooks. All other
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Air Display Converts Your iPad Into A Secondary Display For Just $10
Ever heard of Avatron Software? Don't worry, most people would agree that they haven't. But they have just produced one of those "killer apps" for iPad that we said would convert it from a cute and functional toy to something of a must-have device in the future during our review. If you've been searching for "reasons" to actually buy an iPad, this might be one. Those secondary displays from Mimo Monitors have been a real hit, as there's hardly a computer user who would say that they have plenty of screen real
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Drobo FS Gains Native Apple Time Machine Support
Data Robotics shipped their first true NAS drive early last month, caving to requests from users around the world to finally add a native Ethernet connection to their otherwise very intelligent RAID box. The storage solution itself is basically little more than a Drobo S (which we just took a deep dive with), but rather than having USB/eSATA/etc. ports, there's just a single Ethernet port to plug it directly into your network. One thing that was curiously missing at launch, however, was native, official support
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Verizon Wireless Considering "Bucket" Billing For 4G Data
Many smartphone data plans today have a 5GB cap on data. While this is adequate for most users, we still prefer unlimited access when it's available and affordable. Unfortunately, spectrum is still limited. Although newer 4G technologies may use the spectrum more efficiently, there are still constraints as to how much spectrum is available. We may never know how much the spectrum crunch figures into a carrier's plans, but it's at least part of the equation. Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam mentioned at a Barclays
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Acer Shows off Android-powered Stream Smartphone
At a press conference in Beijing yesterday, Acer showed off its upcoming Stream smartphone. The Stream will run on Android 2.1 and has a 1GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm, 512MB of RAM, 2GB of internal Flash memory, and a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen. Acer has customized the Android UI with animations and a 3D interface. Another unique software feature of the Stream is its screen layout, which uses a status bar as a divider between application history and application icons. You'll find applications such
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Need help! Forgot to turn on VPU recovery.
Hi all. I have a serious problem. I was recently overclocking my GPU using Catalyst Control Centre. I overclocked my video memory slightly and the screen made colourful blocks everywhere and then went blank. For some reason, my screen is not responding when I'm using that overclock setting. Now the problem is that the setting is saved because I forgot to tick the box 'VPU recovery' which resets the setting. So whenever I turn on my computer it will run to that setting as soon as Catalyst automaticly boots up. So then my screen goes black everytime my computer fully boots. I cannot find a way to reset the setting. Some help on how to reset it?
Specs:
MSI HD 4870 512MB DDR5.
Intel Core 2 duo 6400
625W PSU.
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Mozilla Attempts To Sidesteps iPhone Ban On Rival Browsers
In an effort to get around Apple's ban on rival browsers for its iPhone, Mozilla plans to offer a Firefox application that will give users access to their browser bookmarks and history. The app will also let users open tabs from their most recent Firefox sessions.
The Firefox Home app is a spin-off of the bookmark and tab synchronization technology Mozilla currently offers as an add-on for the Firefox desktop browser. Mozilla will submit the free application to the App Store within the next three weeks. Sadly, Mozilla has no way to know when or if the app will be approved and available to users, so it's hard to say when we'll be able to get our hands on this app.
Firefox Home Coming Soon to the iPhone
We have been working on an application for the iPhone based on the Firefox Sync (formerly Weave Sync) technology. The app is called Firefox Home, and it gives iPhone users instant access to their Firefox browsing history, bookmarks and the set of tabs from their most recent browser session. What’s more, it provides Firefox “Awesome Bar†capability that enables people to get to their favorite web sites with minimal typing.
Firefox Home provides an amazing “get up and go†experience. It’s encrypted end-to-end. It’s your home on the Web, wherever you are. And, of course, it’s free.
Firefox Home for iPhone is part of a broader Mozilla effort to provide a more personal Web experience with more user control. For devices or platforms where we’re unable to provide the “full†Firefox browser (either technically or due to policy), we aim to provide users with “on the go†instant access to their personal Firefox history, bookmarks and open tabs on their iPhones, giving them another reason to keep loving Firefox on their desktops.
Why is this useful?
- Left work in a hurry? You can pick up where you left off with access to the list of tabs you just had open on your desktop.
- Need those directions to that restaurant you were just reading about on your desktop? The confirmation code for your flight? Just start typing in the Awesome Bar and those pages will be right at your fingertips.
- Does it drive you crazy to have to enter the full URL on your iPhone that you’ve visited several times from your desktop? You won’t need to anymore with this app.
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Air Display Converts Your iPad Into A Secondary Display For Just $10
Ever heard of Avatron Software? Don't worry, most people would agreethat they haven't. But they have just produced one of those "killerapps" for iPad that we said would convert it from a cute and functionaltoy to something of a must-have device in the future during our review.If you've been searching for "reasons" to actually buy an iPad, thismight be one. Those secondary displays from Mimo Monitors have been areal hit, as there's hardly a computer user who would say that they haveplenty of screen real estate.But it's not always easy to lug around a USB monitor. If you're iPadends up with your carry-on bags anyway, the Air Display app may make itfar more useful if you travel and find yourself using a notebook often.Basically, Air Display turns your iPad into an extra monitor for yournetbook, laptop or desktop; it works over Wi-Fi, and basically tricksyour host machine into thinking that your tablet is in fact anothermonitor that needs to be fed.
It's really as simple as that, and while it's not perfect fortransmitting video or fast-moving action onto the iPad display, it'sideal for having your chat window, e-mail, etc. just residing over onthe side and out of your main view. This is obviously best for netbooksand ultraportables, as the 9.7" IPS panel on the iPad adds a great dealof screen space (percentage wise). It's available now for $9.99, and ifyou already own an iPad, that's far less expensive than buying anentirely new secondary display.
Air Display connects the devices over a localized wireless networkand leverages the iPad's auto-rotation feature, allowing the device tobe rotated in portrait or landscape orientation as needed. The iPad canbe positioned to the left or right of the primary screen, and thedevice's hallmark touch-screen functionality can still be used tomanipulate features on the iPad screen, just as if it were being usedalone.
The app delivershi-performance mouse capabilities with a screen refresh rate of 150frames per second for no perceivable lag time in mouse performance.Compressed image quality and refresh speed are continually balanced tooptimize viewing quality or speed of movement as needed.
For easy installation,the required Mac components are installed to the main machine, with theAir Display app loaded on the iPad. Once basic configurations are made,the main machine automatically recognizes the iPad as a secondarymonitor each time the app is loaded on the device. Once the iPad app isclosed, the main machine automatically returns to single-screen mode.
For best results, astand may be used to position the iPad in the ideal viewing position—apicture frame, plate holder or folding stand works well, as do some iPadcases.
Designed by seasonedMac OS developers with more than 25 years of Apple software engineeringexperience, Air Display is the result of deep iPlatform knowledge tomost effectively leverage the platform's unique capabilities.
Avatron's success withits first two iPad apps are the result of the company's focus onproductivity apps, which translate very well on the iPad, relative tothe iPhone. Avatron's first iPad app was Air Sharing HD, which letsusers transfer virtually every file type from their desktop to the iPad,creating a portable document storage device.
Air Display for iPad isavailable in the U.S. now for just $9.99in the App Store. The Mac OS installer is free at www.avatron.com/ad.International versions will launch in conjunction with the iPadinternational launch.
Air Display is part ofAvatron's highly acclaimed family of productivity Apps for iPhone, iPodtouch and iPad. For more information, visit www.avatron.com.
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OLPC XO Tablet Takes Shape: Future Of Education, On A Slate
One Laptop Per Child is a wonderful organization. Despite their failedattempts to provide thousands of laptops to students around the globefor under $100 (the machines ended up being slightly more expensive thanthey had hoped), that has not prevented the company from shipping mininotebooks to classrooms all around the world, helping children learn in away that they otherwise would not if it hadn't been for OLPC'sdetermination. The green XO laptop is now a symbol of hope andexcitement, and we're thrilled to see the next generation of OLPC takingshape.As the tablet revolution marches on, OLPC is looking into creating atablet for the future generations of students in developing nations (andin first-world nations, too). The entity has recently teamed withMarvell in order to develop a new XO Tablet, which will be based aroundMarvell's "Moby" slate reference design. This slate will also feature amulti-lingual soft keyboard with touch feedback,enabling it to serve millions more children who speak virtually anylanguage anywhere in the world. It's design is simple, which is perfectfor a learning tool, but the inside is astoundingly powerful.
The device will be designed to work with mesh networks and will featurean application to directly access more than 2 million freebooks available across the Internet. It will have a very long (exactspecs on the battery have not been made public) battery life, as well assupport for Flash 10, two-way teleconferencing, video chatting, andeven 1080p video playback. Marvell's ARMADA 610 (1GHz) processor will bethe heartbeat of the tablet, and there will also be an 802.11n Wi-Fimodule and support for Android, Ubuntu (Linux) and Windows Mobileoperating systems. We suspect that each school will be able to decidewhich OS best fits their needs.
No specific pricing details have been talked about, but we get the ideathat a sub-$100 point is being aimed at. Even if it winds up beingsomewhat more expensive, this still seems like a great teaching tool andit would certainly benefit students around the globe. Good luck OLPC,the kids are pulling for you!
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Catalyst 10.5 Linux Driver - Still Full of Fail
I wasted about 4 hours yesterday on the ATI 10.5 driver under Linux. I had heard that 10.5 had OpenGL improvements that fixed a lot of the Wine problems, so I decided to have a go at swapping back to the original ATI 5870 in the hot-rod system the great guys at HH and iBuyPower gave me.
Wow... what an exercise in futility.
Now, the reports were correct: some major issues are fixed; all of my games now start under Wine (whereas previous drivers would deliver black screens in many Valve Source games). BUT.... the games all end in lock-ups of the game and desktop within half an hour. It seems to me that maybe the driver isn't properly controlling the fan speed, because the lock-ups became more and more frequent.
Rebooting into Win7 and playing the same games showed no lockups... so it's definitely a driver issue.
I replaced the card with my 9800GTX+ again, and things are completely stable again.
Getting the fglrx driver to work was an ordeal in itself, because I'm already running the Maverick Meerkat 2.6.34 kernel (Kubuntu 10.10), and removing the fglrx driver was a whole other trial.
Long story short, I'm going to need a preponderance of evidence that there's been real improvement before I give ATI another shot under Linux. That's a shame too, since ATI is the company that's been more open with their info; allowing developers an easier path to an open driver.
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Gigabyte Introduces Pine Trail-M Netbooks, M1125 Netvertible
There are people who will opt for a tablet after the iPad's success, and there are those who insist that a dedicated QWERTY keyboard is necessary for their use. And then there are those who will split the difference. Gigabyte is taking their opportunity at Computex to introduce one of those split-personality notebooks, with the M1125 netvertible debuting in Taiwan.This machine boasts an 11.6" display with a 1366x768 resolution, and there's also USB 3.0 support (rare on a netbook, or any notebook really), an optical disc drive, VGA output, an Intel Calpella chip and audio in/out ports. Further specifications aren't being revealed until the show starts, but the M1125 is just the beginning.
The company will also showcase three 10.1" Pine Trail-M netbooks: the T1000, M1000 and Q1000. The T1000 has a rotating multi-touch display, chiclet keyboard and "gold textured surfaces." The M1000 has a docking station (definitely unusual for a netbook), while the Q1000 is more of the "standard fare." Pricing on all of these has yet to be made public, and we're still waiting on ship dates as well. At least we're assured that tablets won't completely overtake smaller, fully-featured notebooks...we think.
GIGABYTE will exhibit three 10.1-inch Pine Trail-M netbook platforms combining style, technology and functionality. These are the T1000, M1000 and Q1000. The T1000 has a rotating multi-touch screen, chiclet keyboard and is aesthetically appealing with its gold textured surfaces. The M1000, includes the innovative docking station from GIGABYTE, allowing the netbook to be used as a mobile device or as a workstation when docked. Finally, the Q1000 emphasizes its design simplicity while offering functional mobile computing. Consumers will now have a wider variety with better options available to them with the introduction of these 3 unique netbooks.
Notebook Series
The Notebook series from GIGABYTE combines both business and entertainment aspects of your lifestyle, into one powerful device. Gigabyte, has recently, exhibited a variety of notebooks based on the Intel® Calpella platform with screen sizes ranging from the 14-inch Q1447 to the 15.6-inch Q1585. These notebooks are integrated with an NVIDIA® Graphics chipset including an HDMI interface allowing users to indulge in high quality multimedia for business or for pleasure. The Q1585 features the latest LCD technology supporting 3D cinema and an exhilarating gaming experience.
GIGABYTE remains committed to its R & D and is constantly working on new, exciting and innovative ideas to meet the needs of consumers. GIGABYTE's passion for delivering the ultimate user experience, through innovative mobile computing solutions, will be on show this year. GIGABYTE will endeavor to continue developing products that match consumer lifestyles with enhancements to suit both business and recreational activities.
About GIGABYTE
GIGABYTE Technology Co. Ltd., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a leading brand in the IT industry with branch offices located in 24 countries around the world. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a small research and development team and has since taken a position as one of the in the world's top motherboard manufacturers. In addition to motherboards and graphics cards, GIGABYTE further expanded its product portfolio to include notebook and desktop PCs, datacenter servers, networking products, mobile handsets, and home entertainment devices to serve each facet of the digital life in the home and office. Everyday GIGABYTE aims to "Upgrade Your Life" with innovative technology, exceptional quality, and unmatched customer service. Visit http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/ for more information.
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Delete all posts by a user.
It would be nice if there was a way to delete all posts by a user in one fell swoop. These spambots post to about 16 threads at a time, and it's tedious to have to delete them individually.
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MSI Introduces Wind Top AE2420 3D All-In-One PC
MSI has been producing all-in-one desktops for awhile now, including a few models with full 1080p touch panels. But with 3D seemingly taking over the world, the company needed to make a move in that direction in order to stay on the bandwagon. Today, the world's first multi-touch 24" Full HD 3D all-in-one PC is being introduced, with the Wind Top AE2420 3D bringing 3D into an otherwise familiar fold.Users will be able to watch 3D content on the machine via Shutter Glasses (included), and we're told that the whole family can gather around if they also purchase their own glasses. Of course, this also enables users to game in 3D, so that copy of Avatar you've been sitting on could come to life in a new way on this machine. MSI will sell versions of this machine with Core i5 and Core i7 options, and the ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 GPU will be at the helm to handle HD movies and 1080p gameplay. There's also a pair of 5W speakers, as well as a bundled keyboard, mouse and remote. No pricing or ship details have been announced just yet.
MSI, the global leading brand in All-in-One PC, a constant innovator and identifier of emerging fashion trends, will be on hand at Computex TAIPEI beginning June 1, 2010. Investing heavily to create the MSI 3D Station™ Theater, MSI will be demonstrating the Wind Top AE2420 3D, the world's first Full HD 3D All-in-One PC that is primed to dazzle the senses with powerful functionality and multi-touch capability. The 3D All-in-One PC comes with high performance specifications; all-new Intel® Core™ i series powerful CPU built-in, and an ATI® Mobility Radeon HD series discrete GPU. In addition, a 24" Full HD multi-touch display and a 120 Hz high scan frequency LED panel and exclusive Shutter Glasses—3D glasses that display high detail 3D images flawlessly—will give you a full-on 3D movie theater experience from the comfort of your home.
MSI 3D StationTM Technology Recreates 3D Images
MSI's All-in-One PC product line is a global pacesetter and is the first to introduce the a 3D All-in-One PC with touch screen functionality, the Wind Top AE2420 3D. MSI's 3D Stationâ„¢ technology integrates the most advanced 3D imaging technologies. Featuring MSI's exclusively developed 3D Stationâ„¢ technology combined with a 120Hz high resolution panel that transmits high density, 3D digital content to Shutter Glasses. Through precise image processing technology, 3D visual effects then simulate how the human eye views actual images. The Wind Top AE2420 3D features a 120Hz high scanning frequency LED panel, twice the speed of average displays, to provide users with a comfortable viewing experience when looking at 3D images, rather than the uncomfortable sensation felt when watching on 60Hz 3D panels. In addition, the Wind Top AE2420 3D comes with MSI's exclusive 3D Infinity (Shutter Glasses) that solve the problem of blurred 3D images caused by visual angle deviation. With a large 24" display, several people can view 3D images at the same time, making it even more suitable for use in family entertainment. MSI's 3D Station also integrates 2D to 3D transfer technology, addressing the current shortage of 3D movies. Even DVD rentals or home videos can be instantly transferred and viewed as 3D images. The Wind Top AE2420 3D is the world's first multi-touch 3D All-in-One capable of running 3D games, so you can experience the exquisite feeling of touching 3D images that actually seem real. Users need only wear 3D glasses and use fingertip controls to immerse themselves in a realistic 3D experience.
Flawless Integration of Ultra-High Performance CPU & GPU
The Wind Top AE2420 3D comes with the newest, fastest Intel® Core™ i5/i7 powerful core processor for enhanced performance. And with multi-tasking functionality and automatic adjustment of processing frequency, it completely meets the demands of running 3D images and 3D games while being a functionally superior computer well-suited to everyday use. In GPU performance, it features the ATI® Mobility Radeon HD5730 discrete graphics chip that supports DireX 11 and provides ultimate 3D graphics performance. Watching a 3D movie or playing a 3D game can both be accomplished with ease. The large, Full HD 1080p display and high performance discrete GPU allows 3D images to display even more smoothly, with a more clearer picture and more color layers.
Extreme Audio & Video for Enhanced Entertainment
The Wind Top AE2420 3D is a heavyweight 3D audio/video entertainment. In audio and video specifications, the AE2420 3D features MSI Premium Sound Technology, full range 5W left and right channel hi-fi speakers, and a 10W subwoofer that creates authentic 2.1 channel sound. And through Hollywood grade THX TruStudio Proâ„¢ surround sound technology, sound performance is enhanced to 7.1 surround sound for pure, clear tone quality, extreme sound layering, and powerful vibrations. While users will be shocked at the amazing Full HD 3D images, your ears will experience rich, layers of sound effects. What's more, the Wind Top AE2420 3D comes with a variety of built-in Wind Top series multi-touch software featuring user-friendly operating interfaces and ingenious innovations that make life more convenient and much more interesting.
All New Exterior Design Reveals Fashionable Elegance
The Wind Top AE2420 3D is housed in an all-new stylish exterior design. Its transparent exterior frame softens the presence of the large screen display while producing a transparent visual effect. Below the display, the rippling water design works in concert with the rear support stand's rippling water pattern to generate a relaxed presence. Whether placed in a living room or a study, it will add an artistic ambience to any space. And with MSI's exclusive 3D Infinity glasses, you get both style and technology.
At this year's Computex booth, MSI has invested heavily to create a 3D Station Theater that will play a selection of 3D movies from Hollywood Studios, the latest 3D touch control games, smaller 3D games, 3D image browsing, and a live display for on-site media to experience the imaginary become real—all made possible by the 3D multi-touch All-in-One.
For detailed product specifications, please visit us at the exhibition or visit MSI's official website: www.msi.com/
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Barnes & Noble eReader For iPad Lets You Share Books With Friends
In addition to offering its own eBook reader, Barnes & Noble plans to compete with Apple in the eBook market by offering its free BN eReader app for iPad. With the app, customers will be able to shop in the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, access their personal Barnes & Noble digital library across a number of devices, and lend books to friends. The app offers various customization options for tailoring the display to your liking.
Barnes & Noble Introduces BN eReader for iPadâ„¢, The Most Easy-to-Use,
Customizable iPad App for Reading and Buying eBooks and Periodicals
Free App Offers Access to Company’s Expansive eBookstore Featuring More Than
One Million Digital Titles and Personal Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Only iPad eReading App That Allows Sharing eBooks with Friends
Free Classics and Bestseller Samples Pre-Loaded for New BN.com Customers
New York, New York – May 27, 2010 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today launched its free BN eReader app for iPad™, offering the most personalized and easy-to-use eReading experience for Apple iPad owners. BN eReader for iPad users can customize the way they read with professionally designed or completely personalized themes, shop more than one million eBooks, newspapers and magazines in the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, and access their personal Barnes & Noble digital library, including most periodicals. BN eReader for iPad is the only eReading app that offers eBook sharing with friends.
BN eReader for iPad is designed to offer an easy, yet sophisticated, customizable reading experience. Users can choose from multiple ways to view their library, including professionally designed themes with elegant and complementary text and page colors, as well as fonts; and instantly switch between portrait and landscape views based on personal preference. BN eReader for iPad users can further personalize their reading experience with unparalleled options: literally millions of colors for text, pages, highlights and links; eight typefaces and five text sizes; and a variety of margins and customizable spacing options. Learn more or get the new application at www.bn.com/iPad.
“We’ve designed the most easy-to-use, highly customizable eReading experience for the iPad. Ours is the only app that enables iPad users to share eBooks with friends, shop Barnes & Noble’s vast catalog of eBooks and periodicals and access your personal Barnes & Noble digital library across multiple devices,†said Douglas Gottlieb, Vice President, Digital Products for Barnes & Noble.com. “We believe our customers will appreciate the book-centric touches we’ve incorporated into our iPad app experience – including some extra large text sizes, ample margins, and line lengths and spacing inspired by classic book design conventions – along with the opportunity to fully personalize that experience to enjoy reading books whichever ways they like best.â€
Lend to Friends
Using Barnes & Noble’s breakthrough LendMe™ technology, BN eReader for iPad customers can share eligible eBooks with friends who can enjoy the titles on a NOOK™ eBook Reader, iPad, iPhone®, iPod touch® and PC enabled with free BN eReader software. Last page read, highlights, notes and bookmarks will also sync across BN eReader for iPad and PC, and in early summer, with iPhone and iPod touch, with more to follow.
The LendMe experience was designed to be seamlessly integrated with the iPad. BN eReader for iPad users can simply choose an eligible eBook flagged with the LendMe icon, then access their existing contacts in iPad’s onboard address book, tap the contact and send the lend offer -- all without needing to type a single word. The friend can accept the offer and enjoy the eBook for up to 14 days, a unique feature offered only by Barnes & Noble. And BN eReader for iPad users will receive LendMe offers from friends within the application, showing them the eBook’s cover and the message from their friend.Â
Additional features available in the BN eReader App for iPad include:
- Shop the expansive eBookstore: Search, explore and browse through the Barnes & Noble eBookstore of more than one million eBooks, magazines and newspapers titles at www.bn.com/ebooks directly by touching Add Books from the Library. There are more than a half-million free eBooks available, and free samples are available for all eBooks. Learn more from thousands of editorial and customer reviews. Pick a current bestseller, a classic or anything in between and download it wirelessly in seconds.
- Access your personal digital library: All eBooks and most newspapers, and magazines purchased through the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, including those purchased on NOOK, are at your fingertips in your Library. Customers with large digital libraries will appreciate the search option that helps them find the desired book quickly.
- Choose from two views: Library Grid view displays big, beautiful covers that are large and easy to read. Library List view displays a column with digital content titles and eBook covers next to a second larger section that provides rich product details for the selected eBook including the synopsis and more books from that author. Sort by recently read, author or title.Â
- Get to your content, faster: The most recently read titles appear on top to easily get you back to your last great read. And an in-book search also helps you locate a particular word or phrase.
- Take notes:Â Bookmark pages, make highlights and write notes. Simply tap a word or drag your finger across a section to highlight it or make a note. In addition to appearing on your iPad, your bookmarks, highlights and notes will also appear on iPad and PC enabled with BN eReader software. iPhone and iPod touch will be added soon, followed by other devices.
- Read across multiple devices: Sync the last page read of the last eBook, magazine or newspaper opened on your iPad with BN eReader software-enabled PCs. Coming next month, both will sync with BN eReader enabled iPhone and iPod touch with more devices to follow.Â
- Learn more: Tap a word on the touch screen and the in-text dictionary offers you the word’s meaning. Want to learn more? Simply tap one of the options to take you to the Google or Wikipedia page on that word or term using the Web browser.
- Follows the standard: Read eBooks, magazines and newspapers formatted in ePub, quickly becoming the industry standard.
The Barnes & Noble Digital Library Advantageâ„¢
Barnes & Noble’s Lifetime Library™ helps ensure that Barnes & Noble customers will always be able to access their digital libraries on a variety of devices as well as on BN.com. In addition, Barnes & Noble’s use of ePub format and Adobe technology allows customers to read all of their digital content across a growing universe of devices.
Get Started with Free eBooks
To celebrate the new addition to the BN eReader family, Barnes & Noble is providing customers who create new BN.com accounts and download the BN eReader software to their iPad or other mobile or computing device with another way to get a jump on their next great read. Barnes & Noble will pre-load three complimentary Barnes & Noble Classic Series eBooks – Dracula, Little Women and Pride & Prejudice – and 10 current bestseller eBook samples in new customers’ digital libraries.
Barnes & Noble is also offering free eBooks from bestselling authors through its current Fun and Free eBook promotion, running over the next four weeks. Simply by visiting a Barnes & Noble store, show a bookseller your NOOK, an iPad or other device with the BN eReader and receive a special weekly access code. Booksellers at the NOOK display in any Barnes & Noble store will gladly help customers download the free BN eReader software to their computing or mobile device so that they can enjoy the promotion. Additional information about the promotion can be found at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Free-ebooks-bestelling-authors/379002210.
The new BN eReader for iPad has been thoroughly tested to ensure an optimal reading experience. BN eReader for iPad is available on the device through www.bn.com/ebooks/download-reader.asp and at www.itunes.com/appstore.Â
In addition to iPad, Barnes & Noble customers can enjoy their Barnes & Noble digital library across a range of devices including: NOOK by Barnes & Noble, previously announced eBook readers powered by the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, and a variety of other computing and mobile devices including iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry® and HTC HD2™ smartphones, HP computers, PC and Mac®. Barnes & Noble continues to enhance its eReader offering and expects to add a BN eReader for Android next month and update its iPhone app in early summer. For more information on free BN eReader software and apps, please visit www.bn.com/ebooks/download-reader.asp.
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LiveWire Mobile To Launch DRM-Free Music Service
LiveWire Mobile is introducing a new DRM-free mobile music service for wireless carriers and online service operators. The company plans to launch the service with two North American operators later this year. With the service, customers will be able to purchase DRM-free music directly from their handsets.
LiveWire Mobile Offers New DRM-Free Music Service -
To Launch at Two North American Carriers in 2010
Robust catalog featuring DRM-free content from major music labels
added to LiveWire Mobile's music download service
LITTLETON, Mass., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LiveWire Mobile(SM), Inc. (Pinksheets: LVWR), a leading provider of content management and delivery services, is launching a new DRM-free mobile music service for wireless carriers and online service operators that will feature music tracks from artists on the EMI, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group labels.
Two new North American operators are expected to launch the LiveWire Mobile DRM-free music service to their customers later this year. Â Customers of the wireless carriers will be able to utilize the Infuse integrated storefront to purchase DRM-free digital tracks either as single downloads or bundled with other content types such as wallpapers, ringtones, ringbacks and mobile applications from their handsets. Â
"Building from our long-standing relationships with the major labels, we believe this expansion to our music download service opens up new go-to-market models for our customers," said Matthew Stecker, CEO of LiveWire Mobile. "Through flexible pricing models and content delivery options, including over-the-air downloads, we believe that our new service will allow operators, content owners and brands to extend their reach across multiple consumer devices and maximize content sales revenue."
The new service is built upon LiveWire Mobile's existing Infuse personalization platform and feature-rich full track music service, providing operators with multiple options for pricing models, including a la carte and subscription. Â The high quality downloads are planned to be available as unencrypted MP3 or AAC files at 256 Kb/s for purchase and delivery across both the PC and mobile channels.
For more information about the new DRM-free music service, contact sales@livewiremobile.com or visit www.livewiremobile.com.
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Lenovo Cans Skylight OS In Favor Of Android, U1 Also Downgraded
Wow. That's really all there is to say about this. With Apple's iPad leading to a crazy amount of interest in tablets, HP's recent acquisition of Palm and their WebOS and Lenovo's fantastic recent quarter, there's been a lot of wild stuff going down in the tech sector. But who saw this coming? Lenovo, which made a big name for themselves by introducing a few "industry firsts" at CES this year, just flipped on a number of efforts that were seemingly unique to the company.Just after MeeGo 1.0 went live for download, here we have another Linux-based operating system falling off of the grip. One is born, one is buried. The Skylight OS was introduced back at CES, and at the time, it seemed perfect for this year's upcoming netbooks, tablets, etc. But soon after, the OS quickly fell off of the map, and we really haven't heard anything about it since. But the craziest part is this: Lenovo isn't killing the Skylight OS just because it had a change of heart, but a change in plans. Instead of Skylight OS, we'll be seeing Android on Lenovo devices. We sort of understand the desire to side with an OS that already has a foothold in the industry, but it's still a real blow for anyone really looking forward to something completely new and fresh from Lenovo.
Sadder still, the U1 hybrid netbook/tablet that first saw the light at CES is also being eliminated. Or, at least it's being thought of now as a concept rather than something that is gearing up for shipment. So it's a sad day in the Lenovo world today, but at least the company is shifting gears and placing bets on a proven OS. No pressure, Android!
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